Professional Experience:

Teacher:
1966-1969 elementary school general music teacher and choral director (New York City Public Schools)
1973-1994 preschool music teacher (Sterling, Herndon, Great Falls, Oakton and Arlington, Virginia)
1967- Present: Private music instructor of piano, theory and composition (New York City, Vienna and Sterling Virginia and Annapolis, Maryland)
Composer:
Author of over thirty works for early level piano study, including piano "methods", solos, duets, piano and percussion ensembles, workbooks, teaching aids and theory games.

Performer:
Perform regularly for piano students and families, music teacher functions, senior citizen groups and chamber music gatherings. Founded and directed a chamber vocal ensemble "I Solisti di Sterling". Have accompanied instrumentalists and singers since high school.

Teaching goals:
1.To provide a welcoming, child-friendly, positive learning environment.

2. To give all students a well-rounded education in music.
The curriculum in this studio includes piano technique and repertoire, theory, sight reading, improvisation and composition. Students become familiar with music of some of the world's greatest composers and gain an awareness of connections between music, the arts, languages and math. All students have access to the computer lab and an extensive lending library of CDs and videos.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

3. To provide frequent opportunities for all students to perform for their peers, their families and in the community.
Skills honed in the course of the regularly scheduled ensemble workshops and piano parties give students the confidence and poise to share their music in a number of venues. Students perform frequently for family and friends, for their classes and teachers at school, at nursing homes and at Anne Arundel Music Teachers' Association-sponsored public events. All students perform at the fall and spring recitals. 

4. To perform for my students and their families on a regular basis, making the point that I love music and "practice what I preach."

A few thoughts about teaching:
Every child is unique; there are seemingly as many ways children learn as there are children. An approach that works for one child does not necessarily work for another. Discovering how to "crack the code" for each student is the essence of teaching and the reason this profession, while sometimes challenging is never boring and is always rewarding. I enjoy teaching as much now as I did forty-four years ago; it never gets "old"!

 …and a few about music:
Whether we are listeners or active participants, music gives us a lifetime of  enjoyment. We can all be moved by the emotion, the excitement or the pure beauty in a great piece of music. The more we learn about music the more it enriches our lives. "Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime isn't enough for music!"   (Sergei Rachmaninov,1873-1943)